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end of june?
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Originally posted by anarchist:
end of june?
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Their "my space" page has only four dates...
Jun 24 2008 8:00P Asbury Lanes Asbury Park, New Jersey
Jun 26 2008 11:00P 9:30 Club Washington, DC
Jun 27 2008 8:30P The Electric Factory Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jul 29 2008 9:00P Webster Hall New York City, New York
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Originally posted by set1914:
Their "my space" page has only four dates...
Jun 24 2008 8:00P Asbury Lanes Asbury Park, New Jersey
Jun 26 2008 11:00P 9:30 Club Washington, DC
Jun 27 2008 8:30P The Electric Factory Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jul 29 2008 9:00P Webster Hall New York City, New York
They're playing Europe between shows 3 and 4, but those shows haven't been announced yet.
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any word on when tickets go on sale? Or the price?
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Originally posted by travelinbeat:
any word on when tickets go on sale? Or the price?
FAQ (http://www.930.com/cgi-bin/ubb-cgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=2;t=004127)
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Tickets have now gone on sale--$25.
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http://www.buttholesurfers.com/radio.html (http://www.buttholesurfers.com/radio.html)
I may make this one if if Leary plays. Seth or anybody else in the know about this yet? Gotta have Leary:
Straight from the surfers website:
Butthole Surfers will be playing shows on the east
coast and Europe this summer.
For these shows, Jeff Pinkus will be on bass and
Teresa Taylor (along with King Coffey) on drums. This
is the rhythm section the band had for most of the 80s
and marks the first time this line up has played
together since 1989.
Paul Leary has prior commitments and unfortunately
can't play the European dates (he will be on stage for
the New York City show and possibly more stateside).
However, fear not, our European friends. Joining the
band onstage for all shows in the US and Europe will
be The Paul Green School of Rock All-Stars. This mob
of teenage geniuses will blow your mind, forming a
virtual Butthole Surfers Orchestra when they play with
Gibby and company.
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Originally posted by SPARX:
http://www.buttholesurfers.com/radio.html (http://www.buttholesurfers.com/radio.html)
I may make this one if if Leary plays. Seth or anybody else in the know about this yet? Gotta have Leary:
Straight from the surfers website:
Butthole Surfers will be playing shows on the east
coast and Europe this summer.
For these shows, Jeff Pinkus will be on bass and
Teresa Taylor (along with King Coffey) on drums. This
is the rhythm section the band had for most of the 80s
and marks the first time this line up has played
together since 1989.
Paul Leary has prior commitments and unfortunately
can't play the European dates (he will be on stage for
the New York City show and possibly more stateside).
However, fear not, our European friends. Joining the
band onstage for all shows in the US and Europe will
be The Paul Green School of Rock All-Stars. This mob
of teenage geniuses will blow your mind, forming a
virtual Butthole Surfers Orchestra when they play with
Gibby and company.
anyone who has seen gwar's "phallus in wonderland" knows that gibby and children should not go together.
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Teresa will not be playing on this tour after all.
Paul will be playing the US shows after Europe (Newmarket, New Hampshire, on July 28 and NYC, July 29th), but it looks like he probably won't play the June US dates. He still hasn't committed one way or the other on those dates, so it's conceivable he might play one or more of them. It's not looking too likely, though.
The confirmed lineup for the June shows is Gibby, Jeff, and King, with the School of Rock All-Stars.
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They're in NYC now rehearsing for the shows. Teresa is back in the lineup, and Paul Leary is playing all of the US and UK shows. It's the full 80s lineup, plus the SOR kids.
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RADICAL
Originally posted by Patranoid:
Teresa is back in the lineup, and Paul Leary is playing all of the US and UK shows. It's the full 80s lineup, plus the SOR kids.
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I'm really looking forward to this show...it should be a good one.
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Originally posted by Patranoid:
They're in NYC now rehearsing for the shows. Teresa is back in the lineup, and Paul Leary is playing all of the US and UK shows. It's the full 80s lineup, plus the SOR kids.
Sweet!
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The set is 22 songs, and there's only one Pinkus [the last member to join the band] didn't know. They're playing old songs.
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How do you know all of these facts? Don't get me wrong, I'm PSYCHED to hear it all...just curious.
Originally posted by Patranoid:
The set is 22 songs, and there's only one Pinkus [the last member to join the band] didn't know. They're playing old songs.
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It's information from the band's message board.
I garbled a little of what I wrote last night. King had said there was only one song Pinkus hadn't played before...and the more relevant fact would be that Pinkus left the band about 15 years ago.
Originally posted by nkotb:
How do you know all of these facts? Don't get me wrong, I'm PSYCHED to hear it all...just curious.
Originally posted by Patranoid:
The set is 22 songs, and there's only one Pinkus [the last member to join the band] didn't know. They're playing old songs.
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That portends well. I don't if 'portends' is the appropriate word there, but it sounded cool and grave.
I'm really looking forward to this. I don't know about nkotb, but I was a bit let down by the Gibby/School of Rock show earlier in the year. It was great hearing the songs, but Gibby looked like such a dusty, bemused uncle, with this down-the-nose spectacles and lyric sheets. I'd dared to dream that he'd come out with his eyeballs pierced wearing a suit made of dying orphans, and it just wasn't to be.
But I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt. Leary being there is a big plus, and seeing King and Teresa banging together will be great. I can't imagine what the SoR kids will add to it, but that's not my call.
But I wouldn't miss it. It's better to regret something you have done than to regret something you haven't done.
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Link to photos of last night's NJ performance. Includes a shot of the setlist.
Satan! Satan! Satan! (http://www.putfile.com/album/193477)
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so, i've never been to a BHS show. what should i expect? i take it they aren't as wild as they used to be (what with the kids from the SoR around)... anyone attend this show?
One show in Washington D.C. with G.W.A.R. saw Kathleen take the stage to dance in nothing but gold body paint and antique wooden snow shoes. And at another particularly wild concert in 1986, Haynes and Lynch reportedly engaged in sexual intercourse while on stage, as Leary used a screwdriver to vandalize the club's speakers. This came after only five songs, during which time Haynes had started a small fire.
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
so, i've never been to a BHS show. what should i expect? i take it they aren't as wild as they used to be (what with the kids from the SoR around)... anyone attend this show? One show in Washington D.C. with G.W.A.R. saw Kathleen take the stage to dance in nothing but gold body paint and antique wooden snow shoes. And at another particularly wild concert in 1986, Haynes and Lynch reportedly engaged in sexual intercourse while on stage, as Leary used a screwdriver to vandalize the club's speakers. This came after only five songs, during which time Haynes had started a small fire.
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That sounds like a cross between the Danceteria show in NY and something else.
Kathleen danced a few songs last night in NJ but appears to have been wearing a t-shirt, black pants, and some kind of face paint or grease.
She was not announced to be at any of the shows but was expected in the audience in NYC next month. Whether she's showing up in places other than NJ/NY, I don't know.
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:eek:
Originally posted by Patranoid:
Kathleen danced a few songs last night in NJ
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Originally posted by Relaxer:
Link to photos of last night's NJ performance. Includes a shot of the setlist.
Satan! Satan! Satan! (http://www.putfile.com/album/193477)
Very excited. Going Friday in Philly. Haven't seen them for 15 years. Nice set list too...a nice mix.
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Originally posted by PigIron:
Originally posted by Relaxer:
Link to photos of last night's NJ performance. Includes a shot of the setlist.
Satan! Satan! Satan! (http://www.putfile.com/album/193477)
Very excited. Going Friday in Philly. Haven't seen them for 15 years. Nice set list too...a nice mix. [/b]
Lucky you. Andrew WK is playing the Philly show.
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I'll be there.
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Originally posted by Relaxer:
Originally posted by PigIron:
Originally posted by Relaxer:
Link to photos of last night's NJ performance. Includes a shot of the setlist.
Satan! Satan! Satan! (http://www.putfile.com/album/193477)
Very excited. Going Friday in Philly. Haven't seen them for 15 years. Nice set list too...a nice mix. [/b]
Lucky you. Andrew WK is playing the Philly show. [/b]
Wow. Had no idea he was on the bill. Not a huge fan but hopefully he'll be fun to watch and fun to get drunk to while waiting for the Surfers. Thanks.
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Still trying to decide what I thought of the show. Part of me thinks it was pretty awesome because I was tipsy and have been working 14-hour days and therefore have zero time for fun or a social life...I think I was in the right frame of mind for this kind of show maybe. Very, very fun, though the ending was a bit gratuitous.
Thatguy, great to chat with you....always a pleasure. I really do love some of the 9:30 staph and getting to see them, even in brief, is a major bonus to my concert-going enjoyment.
Am curious to hear what everyone else thought, especially if you've seen the Surfers before in their heyday. I was in a different type of zone for this show, so I enjoyed it. Those dead body car crash videos were a bit much for me though. Ick.
On a somewhat related note, anyone remember when the Butthole Surfers hit it "big" with "Pepper" and had Stone Temple Pilots open for them in like 1993? 2 VERY drunk girls tonight didn't realize that the band playing was the Butthole Surfers and kept waiting for the opening band to finish so they could see the headliners play "Pepper", then were disappointed that in fact it WAS really them and the big HIT song wasn't played. Wow. I didn't realize that sort of thing would happen at a Butthole Surfers show in 2008. Radiohead maybe...I could see folks waiting around for "Creep", but NOT Gibby and Co.
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Originally posted by bearman:
On a somewhat related note, anyone remember when the Butthole Surfers hit it "big" with "Pepper" and had Stone Temple Pilots open for them in like 1993?
Yep, at some Equestrian center. I believe the Lips were on that bill as well.
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Originally posted by bearman:
[QB] Still trying to decide what I thought of the show. Part of me thinks it was pretty awesome because I was tipsy and have been working 14-hour days and therefore have zero time for fun or a social life...I think I was in the right frame of mind for this kind of show maybe. Very, very fun, though the ending was a bit gratuitous.
They did the same kind of ending in Feb. with Gibby and SOR. I like seeing the kids given license to go nuts. This time, at least, Paul was there to sing the Shah.
Afterwards, both Paul and King said that they thought the show was lacking, that they did better in Asbury Park. Obviously they know, but I had a good time. Gibby and Paul were clearly having communication issues meaningful only to them, as during Dust Devil. At the same time, Gibby was smiling or on the verge of laughing every time he looked at Paul, which made me feel all warm and fuzzy :)
I think they've done a very butthole surfer-esque thing in managing to incorporate a lot of teenagers into their act and put on a fun show. This has really proven to me that their music is just plain good music. It's not dependent on them to sound good.
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Originally posted by SPARX:
Originally posted by bearman:
On a somewhat related note, anyone remember when the Butthole Surfers hit it "big" with "Pepper" and had Stone Temple Pilots open for them in like 1993?
Yep, at some Equestrian center. I believe the Lips were on that bill as well. [/b]
I saw that one in, of all places, the Poconos. I believe that tour was before the big Pepper song. If my memory serves me correctly, that tour was for the Independent Worm Saloon record. And damn, STP aside, that was a really good show.
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First, a disclaimer: I am to the Butthole Surfers as Julian is to the Smashing Pumpkins. For the most part (save the last two albums...blech), they can do no wrong in my eyes.
So the fact that I got to see them with their classic line-up pretty much guaranteed that I would be losing my shit. Which I did. Now, I never saw them in their heyday, but at least I got a huge dose of their greatest "hits."
They stuck to almost all pre-Electric Larryland songs (only played Ulcer Breakout, if I recall the name correctly), and played a ton that I never though I'd see live.
The only big drag for me was the pretty terrible versions of "Ulcer" and "Girl Passing Gas." I was kind of surprised to see Paul acting so pissed that Gibby missed some of his cues. It's a Butthole Surfers show, fer chrissake, and you're backed by a shit load of little kids. I don't think anyone was expecting perfection.
The other minor drag was how old a few of them looked. Gibby's sorta become an upstanding member of society...at least in looks. Even though he was less distinguished looking last night, he's still not the wildman he once was. Jeff looked probably the best...he was probably the closest looking "Guy that should be in a band named the Butthole Surfers." Teresa didn't look like time had treated her well at all, and King pretty much looked like he's always looked. Paul is probably the worst of the bunch...he looked like a grandfather up there. At least his solos still ripped.
Other than that, the music sounded great. Well, sounded great is probably not the right word, but it sounded exactly like I wanted it to. It was loud, sloppy and noisy. Again, I may be horribly biased, but that has top contender position for my favorite show of the year.
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It was a very good show I thought but I wish those kids were not present at the show. Agreed about Passing Gas being terrible, but they pretty much killed on 4-5 songs. Oh, I saw nkotb in front fist pumping...
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Guilty as charged.
Also, I meant to comment on the videos. Pretty disturbing...moreso than the last few tours. The video of the African circumcision was particularly brutal...and awesome.
Originally posted by wanderlust j. marshmallow:
Oh, I saw nkotb in front fist pumping...
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Yeah, the videos really were pretty disturbing, and there were certain moments I wasn't sure WHAT the hell I was looking at. I did enjoy the show a lot though. Just wish I wasn't so damn tired right now.
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Good show, better than I'd expected but not quite reaching magical status. Much debate beforehand on A) whether the SoR kids would detract from the show, and B) just how much the SoR kids would detract from the show. But for the most part, I actually think they improved it by beefing up the sound. It got sloppy at times, which will happen when you have five guitars playing (three of which being played by pre-pubes), but it ensured a big sound.
Best times though were when it was just the 5 members of the band. Leary can still shred the guitar, and the twin drummers were right on.
It's kind of weird seeing the Buttholes at this more mellow, upstanding stage. It's like seeing Gwar doing a VH1 Unplugged kind of thing. I understand it's not 1985 anymore, but there was something so conventional about the show. Not a complaint so much as an observation.
I did want to jump on stage, grab that little bastard spitting water on the crowd, and punch him in the bandana.
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1. I caught this lineup about 20 years ago.
2. Aren't they in their 50s? (started in there 20s in 81)
3. That kid should have been choked.
4. This was a stripped down tour, no engineers or the like.
5. I thought they looked good for their age, Gibby was clean and relatively sober.
6. No flaming cymbal.
7. I forget if it was Ulcer breakout that had Gibby a 1/2 beat or so off. That was annoying.
8. Too much Independent Worm Saloon (especially if no Annoying Song)
9. Nothing from PO'd (not that that is bad...)
10. Sometimes the kids helped the songs, sometimes they hurt, often they were just "there".
11. They did the kicks for Sweat Loaf, just like back in the day.
12. They played a set that I was happy with, just if they had done Cough Syrup I would have left completely pleased, but was quite happy to finally get a live 22 going on 23.
13. One kid who soloed with Paul did a good job, it worked well together.
14. It was very loud.
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Originally posted by Sir HC:
1. I caught this lineup about 20 years ago.
2. Aren't they in their 50s? (started in there 20s in 81)
3. That kid should have been choked.
4. This was a stripped down tour, no engineers or the like.
5. I thought they looked good for their age, Gibby was clean and relatively sober.
6. No flaming cymbal.
7. I forget if it was Ulcer breakout that had Gibby a 1/2 beat or so off. That was annoying.
8. Too much Independent Worm Saloon (especially if no Annoying Song)
9. Nothing from PO'd (not that that is bad...)
10. Sometimes the kids helped the songs, sometimes they hurt, often they were just "there".
11. They did the kicks for Sweat Loaf, just like back in the day.
12. They played a set that I was happy with, just if they had done Cough Syrup I would have left completely pleased, but was quite happy to finally get a live 22 going on 23.
13. One kid who soloed with Paul did a good job, it worked well together.
14. It was very loud.
Yeah but did they play "The Shah Sleeps in Lee Harvey's Grave?"
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From the "how to tell you are old" file:
When you are talking about seeing the Butthole Surfers open for the Dead Kennedys at WUST (the VERY building we now work in!) and a coworker hadn't even been born yet.
Yikes.
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Originally posted by twangirl:
Originally posted by Sir HC:
1. I caught this lineup about 20 years ago.
2. Aren't they in their 50s? (started in there 20s in 81)
3. That kid should have been choked.
4. This was a stripped down tour, no engineers or the like.
5. I thought they looked good for their age, Gibby was clean and relatively sober.
6. No flaming cymbal.
7. I forget if it was Ulcer breakout that had Gibby a 1/2 beat or so off. That was annoying.
8. Too much Independent Worm Saloon (especially if no Annoying Song)
9. Nothing from PO'd (not that that is bad...)
10. Sometimes the kids helped the songs, sometimes they hurt, often they were just "there".
11. They did the kicks for Sweat Loaf, just like back in the day.
12. They played a set that I was happy with, just if they had done Cough Syrup I would have left completely pleased, but was quite happy to finally get a live 22 going on 23.
13. One kid who soloed with Paul did a good job, it worked well together.
14. It was very loud.
Yeah but did they play "The Shah Sleeps in Lee Harvey's Grave?" [/b]
Yes, they ended with it. No tuba/Souzaphone either though there was some sax playing.
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Originally posted by eddie:
From the "how to tell you are old" file:
When you are talking about seeing the Butthole Surfers open for the Dead Kennedys at WUST (the VERY building we now work in!) and a coworker hadn't even been born yet.
Yikes.
Oh man. I was at that show. Now I feel old too.
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Originally posted by Sir HC:
Originally posted by twangirl:
Originally posted by Sir HC:
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Yeah but did they play "The Shah Sleeps in Lee Harvey's Grave?" [/b]
Yes, they ended with it. No tuba/Souzaphone either though there was some sax playing. [/QB]
Dang. Sorry I missed it. Thanks SirHC!
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Originally posted by twangirl:
Originally posted by Sir HC:
Originally posted by twangirl:
Originally posted by Sir HC:
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Yeah but did they play "The Shah Sleeps in Lee Harvey's Grave?" [/b]
Yes, they ended with it. No tuba/Souzaphone either though there was some sax playing. [/b]
Dang. Sorry I missed it. Thanks SirHC! [/QB]
22 Going on 23
Fast
Suicide
Florida
100 Million People are Dead
Some Dispute
Goofyâ??s Concern
2Parter/Tornadoes
1401
Graveyard
Dust Devil
Ulcer
RockyCowboy Bob
Cherub
Sweat Loaf
Jimi
Cartoon (I donâ??t remember this unless it is part 2 of Jimi)
X-ray
Shah
Same set as Philly.
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anyone notice that leary's pants were wet along his butt crack for the last 45 min of the show? when the kids started ging nuts at the end, leary and jeff got their gear out of there fast.
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I wonder why no Cannonball. Gibby opened with that at the RnR Hotel show.
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Originally posted by Relaxer:
I wonder why no Cannonball. Gibby opened with that at the RnR Hotel show.
I don't think I have ever seen them do Cannonball live. (edit) Crap, I guess one I did see had it (\edit)
Here are three set lists from over the years:
<img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y57/c-martin/bhs-930-setlist.jpg" alt=" - " />
<img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y57/c-martin/bhs-another-setlist.jpg" alt=" - " />
<img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y57/c-martin/bhs-umcp-set.jpg" alt=" - " />
One is from College Park, one the Citadel show, one I think is the old 930 ~1988.
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this was a very unique show.... great band... anyone notice that the butthole surfers( the singer and guitar player) cudnt really think of this stuff on the spot.... this suprisingly wasnt well rehearsed.... the old farts kept looking at the setlist cus they didnt know wat song was next. i was upfront and 1 point the singer laughed at the guitar player beacuse he played the wrong part to the wrong song. and the singer had the lyrics written on paper next to him.... Im guessing its cus they prolly havent played most of this stuff since they 80s..... I thought those kids took away from the show... I'm sure no one paid to see those kids and its dumb its with the headlinig act.... i was watching those kids backstage and it looked like they were sleeping thru butthole surfers songs... or making out.... suprisingly the only fuck up from the kids was when the girl on drums forgot to go in on the drums.... but they made it looked like paul fucked up.... they all did pretty good tho... that was prolly the worst ending ive seen in a show.... it completly killed the chance of being an encore pepper...if it goes on like this it will probly start a riot...i thought the movie screen was pretty cool but the only thing i noticed that stood was when those old nfl back guys were riding motor cycles pretty funny with the song they played....and it was mostly black ppl or asian ppl too
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Good show in Philly, for anyone that cares. I somehow didn't find the School of Rock kids that disruptive to the entire Butthole Surfers experience. Gibby mumbled through a lot of songs, forgot the lyrics on some, and seemed to make up entirely new lyrics for others, even though he had lyric sheets for everything. Same set list as the other shows. Or really close anyway. Great mix of songs, although some were a bit altered or shortened.
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Originally posted by PigIron:
Good show in Philly, for anyone that cares.
Oh I care. Did you catch Andrew WK? How was that?
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Originally posted by Relaxer:
Originally posted by PigIron:
Good show in Philly, for anyone that cares.
Oh I care. Did you catch Andrew WK? How was that? [/b]
I'm sorry to say that I missed him. We figured he would certainly be playing after Sound of Urchin. He wasn't. We walked in as he walked off.
But Dean Ween was in the audience! Went up and bought a ticket like anyone else and walked right through the front doors.
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That's pretty rad. When Gibby played with the SOR kids at the RNR Hotel, Dave Dreiwitz was in the crowd.
Originally posted by PigIron:
But Dean Ween was in the audience! Went up and bought a ticket like anyone else and walked right through the front doors.
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relaxer said that he thought he saw Ian MacKaye at the 930 show. woot.
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
relaxer said that he thought he saw Ian MacKaye at the 930 show. woot.
He was at that DMBQ show at the Hosiery as well. Motherscratcher is everywhere.
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that's not surprising to me. I always see him...
Originally posted by sweetcell:
relaxer said that he thought he saw Ian MacKaye at the 930 show. woot.
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No joke...since high school, I've probably attended more shows with him in the crowd than with my own friends. Of course, that may be due to the fact that I'm not as popular as I think I am... :(
Originally posted by Relaxer:
Originally posted by sweetcell:
relaxer said that he thought he saw Ian MacKaye at the 930 show. woot.
He was at that DMBQ show at the Hosiery as well. Motherscratcher is everywhere. [/b]
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let's turn this into a "at what shows have you seen ian mackaye with?" I'll start:
X
The Slits
Black Flag West Memphis 3 Benefit
Sleater-Kinney
there's definitely some more but that's right off the bat.
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X/Rollins Show
DMBQ
BH Surfers
Rollins spoken word
Minutemen movie at BC
I know there's another but damned if I can think of it. it was a new band too, which made me remember it.
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Weirdest? The Two main guys from the Go-Betweens did an acoustic duo show, Guy and Ian were there.
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I've been to a few of the shows mentioned above, but I have no idea what he looks like these days. I just always think he's still bald and young looking.
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if you want to see ian m, go to any fort reno show. plus you can also see his sister.
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Originally posted by PigIron:
but I have no idea what he looks like these days. I just always think he's still bald and young looking.
you're half right... apparently he looks something like this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mackaye.jpg) (or at least he did last year).
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I think every time I've seen him he's been wearing a black knit hat, a zip-up sweatshirt, and shorts.